| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: "Why was Maskull not in the picture?" she asked.
"You dwell on this foreboding because you imagine it is tragical.
There is nothing tragical in death, Tydomin, nor in life. There is
only right and wrong. What arises from right or wrong action does
not matter. We are not gods, constructing a world, but simple men
and women, doing our immediate duty. We may die in Sant - so you
have seen it; but the truth will go on living."
"Spadevil, why do you choose Sant to start your work in?" asked
Maskull. "These men with fixed ideas seem to me the least likely of
any to follow a new light."
"Where a bad tree thrives, a good tree will flourish. But where no
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde: LADY HUNSTANTON. [Rising.] A bad headache! I am so sorry!
Perhaps you'll bring her up to Hunstanton this afternoon, if she is
better, Gerald.
GERALD. I am afraid not this afternoon, Lady Hunstanton.
LADY HUNSTANTON. Well, to-morrow, then. Ah, if you had a father,
Gerald, he wouldn't let you waste your life here. He would send
you off with Lord Illingworth at once. But mothers are so weak.
They give up to their sons in everything. We are all heart, all
heart. Come, dear, I must call at the rectory and inquire for Mrs.
Daubeny, who, I am afraid, is far from well. It is wonderful how
the Archdeacon bears up, quite wonderful. He is the most
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: happiness at heart, but considers not, that he who lives but to save his life,
is already dead.--Charge him not to be anxious on my account; I act as
circumstances require, and shall be upon my guard. Let him use his
influence at court in my favour, and be assured of my warmest thanks.
Secretary. Is that all? He expects still more.
Egmont. What can I say? If you choose to write more fully, do so. The
matter turns upon a single point; he would have me live as I cannot live.
That I am joyous, live fast, take matters easily, is my good fortune; nor
would! exchange it for the safety of a sepulchre. My blood rebels against
the Spanish mode of life, nor have I the least inclination to regulate my
movements by the new and cautious measures of the court. Do I live only
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